MESOTHELIUM (or SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM or PAVEMENT EPITHELIUM) PERITONEUM, 400X - stock photo

MESOTHELIUM (or SIMPLE SQUAMOUS or PAVEMENT EPITHELIUM), 400X, SURFACE VIEW. These are very flattened cells showing a nucleus, cytoplasm and cell membrane. This tissue forms a thin and often permeable membrane. Mesothelium is a special type of simple squamous epithelium that is found in SEROUS MEMBRANES lining the ventral body cavity (pleural and abdominal cavity) and covering its organs (e.g. lungs and abdominal organs) Silver impregnation stain. MESOTHELIOMA is a cancer involving this membrane.